Vasco Martins

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Vasco Martins
Born	1956 Queluz, Portugal
Origin	Cape Verde
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer
Years active	1976–present
Website	http://www.vascomartins.com

Vasco Martins nyɛla Cape Verdean yiliyiina mini ŋun niŋdi binkumda niŋdi yila ni . Bɛ dɔɣi o la Queluz, Portugal, yuuni 1956, saha ŋɔ o pa bela Calhau, Cape Verde.

Compositions

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1: "Celebração do equinócio de Março" (Celebration of the Spring Equinox)
• 1998-2002 rev. 2004: Symphony No. 2:: "Erupção" ("Eruption"), for orchestra
• Symphony No. 3 "Arquipélago magnético" (Magnetic Archipelago), for orchestra
  1. Assim
  2. melodicamente em três partes
  3. Final generoso (expressão jubilosa)
• 2001: Symphony No. 4: "Buda Dharma", ("Buddha Dharma"), for orchestra
• Symphony No. 5: "Oriente" ("Eastern"), for orchestra
  1. norte (North)
  2. este (East)
  3. oeste (West)
  4. sul (South)
  5. nadir (Nadir)
  6. zenite (Zenith)
• Symphony No. 6: "Monte Verde" (Pandion halieatus), for orchestra
• Symphony No. 7: "Alba", for orchestra
• Symphony No. 8: "A procura da Luz" (The search for light), for orchestra
• Symphony No. 9, for orchestra

Instrumental music

• 4 Notas na cidade do Mindelo (4 Notes on the City of Mindelo), solo clarinet
• Anámnesis, guitar
• Concert, guitar
• Dôs temp p'um valsa, clarinet, in São Vicente Crioulo
• Musique pour adoucir le Coeur, in French

Other works

• 1989 Danças de Câncer, symphonic suite
  1. Abertura (Overture)
  2. Pulsações (Pulsations)
  3. Noites mágicas (Magic Nights)
  4. Terra vulcânica (Volcanic Land)
• A garça por cima das ondas
• Clara Luz, (Clear Light)
• Golfinhos no horizonte
• Oceano no coração (Ocean With a Heart)
• Calmas tardes no Monte Verde (Calm Winds in Monte Verde)
• Tardes caminhando (Afternoons on a Lane)

Discography

Albums

• 1979: Vibrações (Vibrations)
• 1985: Para além da noite
• 1987: Oceano imenso (Immense Ocean)
• 1989: Quinto mundo
• 1995: Quiet moments
• 1995: Ritual periférico (Peripheral Ritual)
• 1995: Eternal cycle
• 1996: Island of the secret sounds
• 1997: Sublime delight
• 1997: Memórias atlânticas (Atlantic Memories)
• 1998: Danças de Câncer
• 2000: Apeiron
• 2001: Dôs
• 2001: Lunário perpétuo
• 2007: 4 sinfonias (4 Symphonies)
• 2009: Lua água clara (Clear Water Moon)
• 2010: Li Sin
• 2012: Azuris
• 2014: Twelve Moons (CD-r)

Chamber music

• Primeiras Meditações (First Meditations), with a flute, cello piano, violin and a guitar
• Azul Ibérico (Iberic Blue), string quartet
• Azul Caboverdiano (Cape Verdean Blue), string quartet

Piano works

• Piano Azul (Blue Piano) (1998)
• Amendoeira celeste
• Amornando
• Lua de Abril (April Moon)
• Lua de Dezembro (December Moon)
• Luz e sombra no deserto (Light and Sleep in the Desert)
• Memória da água (Memories of Water)
• Orion
• Peregrinações
• Ventos oceânicos (Ocean Winds)

Guitar works

• Deserto subtil (Subtle Desert)
• Estudo (Studies)
• Gesto flutuante
• Molto continuum
• Num varanda
• Prelúdio
• Sattva
• Situações triangulares (Triangular Situations)

Electronic music

• Apeiron
• Divinas of S. Nicolau
• Lunario Perpetuo (Lunar Perpetuary)
• Ocean-Light
• Ocean and Moon
• Sarva Mangalam
• Sublime Delight

Musicals

Operas

Date	Title	Acts	Premiere	Libretto
2008	Crioulo		27 March 2009, Lisbon, Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB)	as componist, with cantata "Lágrimas na Paraise"

Literary works

• Música Tradicional Cabo-verdiana (Cape Verdean Traditional Music)
  • Vol. I - A morna (Vol. I - Morna)

Poems

• Universo da Ilha (Island Universe), 1986
• Navegam os olhares com o voo do pássaro, 1989
• Run Shan, 2008

External links

• Official website (in Portuguese and English)